COMPLIANCE INFO_FINAL INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION 5/25

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North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill Permit Revision Project Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration · San Joaquin County | May 2025 69 facilities, the construction or relocation of which could cause significant environmental effects? Less-than-Significant Impact The project would not result in the relocation or construction of new utility-related infrastructure. The project is limited to minor operational changes, and the demand for utilities will not significantly increase. Therefore, project impacts would be less than significant. b) Have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry, and multiple dry years? Less-than-Significant Impact The project is limited to operational modifications at an existing landfill; any change in demand related to water supply would be minimal. The impact would be less than significant. c) Result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the project that it has adequate capacity to serve the project’s projected demand in addition to the provider’s existing commitments? Less-than-Significant Impact The project is limited to the modification of landfill operations at an existing landfill. Demand for wastewater treatment or provider capacity would be minimal and primarily associated with the increase of six on-site employees. Thus, impacts related to wastewater treatment and demand would be less than significant. d) Generate solid waste in excess of state or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals? Less-than-Significant Impact Project operation would be limited to an increase in solid waste intake by redirecting trucks that currently pick up and dispose of waste at other landfills within the County and an increase in the permitted tonnage of commercial waste accepted. Under the facility’s current SWFP, the estimated closure year is 2048. Upon project implementation, the North County Landfill is estimated to reach capacity in 2043. However, once the landfill reaches capacity, the County has the option to expand the landfill via purchase of adjacent property. Project implementation itself would not generate additional solid waste, therefore, no new infrastructure is proposed as part of the project to accommodate additional waste at any County landfill. Therefore, the project would not exceed the capacity of current infrastructure nor impair the implementation of waste reduction goals. The impact of the project would be less than significant. e) Comply with federal, state, and local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste? No Impact The project would not implement operational changes related to solid waste collection until the facility’s permit is amended. Thereafter, project operations would comply with the amended SWFP. Thus, there is no conflict with federal, state, and local management regulations related to solid waste. No impact would occur.